William Arthur Hanger

Full Name: William Arthur Hanger
Date of birth: October 9, 1869
Date of death: June 8, 1944

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	30	Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 8, 1907	29th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 28th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 29th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Senate President Pro Tempore (29th)	Hood, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant
S	30	Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 13, 1903	26th ⁽⁶⁾ 27th ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant		Hood, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant

(1) 29th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/10/1905, Regular Session. Senate Journal.
(2) 29th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(3) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(4) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(5) 27th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(6) 26th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 30
Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 8, 1907
Legislatures: 29th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 28th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 29th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (29th)
(29th)
(29th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Hood, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant

Senate District 30
Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 13, 1903
Legislatures: 26th ⁽⁶⁾ 27th ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Hood, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant

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Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

49th Legislature, R.S., HSR 233, pp. 2198-2199. Birth date 10/9/1869, death date 6/8/1944. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Obituary and photo, "W.A. Hanger, Veteran Attorney Here, Is Dead," 6/9/1944, pp. 1, 2. Born 10/9/1869 in Forest Hill. "From 1898 to 1906 Mr. Hanger served as state senator from Tarrant County, and when he resigned from the office he was president pro tem of the Senate."
Funeral tributes, "Hundreds Pay Respects to Memory of W.A. Hanger," 6/10/1944, p. 4. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Biographical sketch, William A. Hanger, Volume III, pp. 51-52. Born 10/9/1869 in Tarrant County; elected to the State Senate in 1898. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition, 1922.
Portrait and biographical sketch, p. 131. Texans and Their State: A Newspaper Reference Work, 1918.
Memorial, October 1944, p. 334. Texas Bar Journal.
Biographical sketch, William A. Hanger, p. 80. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Other Resources

William A. Hanger, birth date 10/9/1869 in Texas; death date 6/8/1944 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
William Arthur Hanger, birth date 10/9/1869, death date 6/8/1944, photo, burial in Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Fort Worth, Tarrant County. Find a Grave.
Mentioned in Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928, 1984.
Portrait, William B. [sic] Hanger. Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928, 1984.
Obituary, William A. Hanger, "Services Set for Texas Bar Vet," 6/9/1944, p. 2. San Antonio Light.

Photographs

Photograph. W.A. Hanger, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Hanger, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Hanger, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Hanger, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

26th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
27th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, north wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
28th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
29th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

29th R.S. - 1905 Agricultural Affairs City and Town Corporations Commerce and Manufactures Contingent Expenses County and County Boundaries (Chair) Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 2 Pan American College of Commerce Rules (Chair)
28th R.S. - 1903 Counties and County Boundaries Educational Affairs Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 (Chair) Judiciary No. 2 Rules State Penitentiaries Town and City Corporations
27th R.S. - 1901 Apportionment Constitutional Amendments Enrolled Bills Judicial Districts (Chair) Judiciary No. 1 Military Affairs Rules State Affairs Visit Storm Stricken District of Texas Coast (Co-Chair)
26th R.S. - 1899 Commerce and Manufactures Contingent Expenses Educational Affairs Federal Relations Internal Improvements Military Affairs (Chair) Public Health Stock and Stock Raising Towns and City Corporations

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